Vietnam: Will the degree classification of university students under warning be lowered by half?

Will the degree classification of university students under warning in Vietnam be lowered by half?

According to Article 14 of the Regulations on Undergraduate Education issued together with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDDT, the regulations are as follows:

Graduation recognition and degree awarding

1. Conditions for graduation consideration and recognition:

a) The student has accumulated sufficient units of study and credits and completed other compulsory contents required by the training program and achieved the expected learning outcomes of the training program;

b) The student has average GPA or higher for the whole course;

c) At the time of graduation consideration, the student is not facing a criminal prosecution or suspended from study.

2. Principals shall issue graduation recognition decisions and award degrees to students eligible for graduation within 03 months starting from the time where the students become eligible and have fulfilled all obligations with their training institutions.

3. Degree classification shall be determined based on GPA of the whole course according to regulations in Clause 5 Article 10 of this Regulation, in which, the degree classification of students with excellent and very good GPAs will be lowered by half in any of the following cases:

a) Retaken units of study exceed more than 5% of total credits required for the whole program;

b) The student received a warning or a more severe penalty when they attended the program.

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Thus, the degree classification of students with excellent and very good GPAs will be lowered by half if they receive a warning or a more severe penalty.

The degree classification of students with GPAs below excellent and very good GPAs will not be lowered by half if they receive a warning or a more severe penalty.

Will the degree classification of university students under warning in Vietnam be lowered by half? (Image from the Internet)

When are students in Vietnam disciplined by warning?

In Clause 1, Article 9 of the Regulations for student affairs in formal higher education programs issued together with Circular 10/2016/TT-BGDDT, the disciplinary forms for students are prescribed as follows:

Forms of discipline and details of violation

1. Violating students may, depending on the nature, extent and consequence of their violation, receive warnings, reprimands or may be subject to one of the following disciplinary actions:

a) A disciplinary action represented in the form of reprimand shall be imposed on students who commit less serious violations for the first time;

b) A disciplinary action represented in the form of warning shall be imposed on reprimanded students who continue to commit violations, or those who commit less serious violations in a continual manner, or those who commit violations for the first time which are relatively serious;

c) A disciplinary action represented in the form of fixed-term academic suspension shall be imposed on students who breach rules and regulations or commit serious violations against regulations on student's prohibited acts during the warning period; those who contravene laws and are subject to a suspended sentence. As the case may be, Heads of higher education establishments may consult training rules to make decisions on the suspension term, i.e. the term of one semester, one academic year or the term the same as the suspended sentence period.

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Thus, a disciplinary action represented in the form of warning shall be imposed on reprimanded students who continue to commit violations, or those who commit less serious violations in a continual manner, or those who commit violations for the first time which are relatively serious.

What are the procedures for taking warnings against students in Vietnam?

According to Article 10 of the Regulations for student affairs in formal higher education programs issued together with Circular 10/2016/TT-BGDDT, the procedures for taking warnings against students in Vietnam are as follows:

Step 1: The student makes a self-assessment report and proposes a disciplinary form

Violating students shall be forced to write self-criticism reports in which appropriate disciplinary actions imposed on them are clearly stated. If these students fail to comply, the Student Reward and Discipline Board shall proceed to hold a meeting that discusses and agrees on disciplinary actions to be imposed on these students based on available evidence;

Step 2: Meeting and proposal of disciplinary forms

Head teachers of classes attended by these students shall join meetings with all students in these classes, discuss and agree on recommended disciplinary measures on which departments or student affairs units will then make their decisions;

Step 3: Review

Departments or student affairs units shall make their assessment before recommending the Student Reward and Discipline Board to make its decision on these recommended measures;

Step 4: Disciplinary meeting and decision issuance

The Board will then convene a meeting over disciplinary actions to be imposed which is attended by Board members, representatives of class attended by violating students and violating students themselves.

If violating students who have been invited to such meeting are absent (for no sound reasons) and do not submit their self-criticism reports, the Board shall hold the meeting as planned and charge them with lack of organizational self-discipline.

The Board shall then vote on disciplinary actions to be applied and request Heads of higher education establishments to issue written decisions on approval of these actions.